Key topics for business writing from TU and OWL online writing support

Table of Contents

Basic business writing

Revising and editing

Sentences level issues

Higher level issues

Other issue

TU Towson University Online Writing Support
OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab

You should review these topics before you start revising drafts. Starred (*) topics are particularly important and/or useful

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Basic business writing

Effective Workplace Writing (OWL)
Audience Analysis (OWL)
*memo writing (OWL)
HATS-a design procedure for routine bussiness documents (OWL PowerPoint)
Handbook on Report Formats (OWL)

Revising and editing

*Proofreading Your Writing (OWL)
*Revision in Business Writing (OWL)
*paramedic writing (OWL)

Sentences level issues

parallel sentence structure (TU)
sentence patterns (TU) sentence pattern transformations (TU)
independent and dependent clauses (OWL)
*sentence clarity (OWL)
*sentence variety (OWL)

Higher level issues

*paragraphs and paragraphing (OWL)
*parallel structure (OWL)active/passive Voice (TU)active and passive Voice (OWL)

Other issue

Gammar and ESL (English as a second language) exercises (OWL)*
*Plagiarism Information (TU)**